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Archag & Anahid: Cultivating Armenian Literature in France
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Building Clay Bridges: Ceramic Art for Yerevan’s Children
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Photographing Turkey’s Cultural Heritage: Aydin Cetinbostanoglu
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Op-Ed: Breadcrumbs to Nowhere
January 31, 2012 11:01 -
Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma’s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women
January 25, 2012 18:01
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Archive for the ‘Culture Vulture’ Category
Photographing Turkey’s Cultural Heritage: Aydin Cetinbostanoglu
Born in 1954 in Izmir Turkey, photographer Aydin Cetinbostanoglu has been documenting Turkey’s Gypsy, Alevi, Jewish, Christian Arab and Armenian communities for years, forming relationships, building trust and as a result gaining exclusive access to cultural intricacies that have for the most part remained allusive to outsiders. Hoping to break down cultural barriers, Cetinbostanoglu concentrated [...]
Swimming to Chicago: Novel Features Gay Armenian-American Teen
Already recognized by the American Library Association as an outstanding novel for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer and Transgendered (LGBQT) children and teens, author David-Matthew Barnes’ second young adult novel, “Swimming to Chicago,” is making waves. Centering around Armenian-American teen Alex Bainbridge, the novel details his struggles to cope with his mother’s suicide, his own emerging [...]
iTetr Armenian Keyboard App Releases Update
iTetr, an Armenian keyboard app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has released an update, fixing minor bugs, while improving general interface design as well as Facebook integration, allowing you to post to the social media network instantly. Previous customers can download the update for free, said a press release from U.S-based app workshop [...]
In Cambodia, Emerging Artist Memorializes Genocide
Following the death of painter and survivor of the S 21 prison camp Vann Nath in early September, a new generation embodied by designer and painter Em Riem is taking over. Phnom Penh may be Cambodia’s cultural center, but decades of civil war and a regime that claimed the lives of millions left the capital [...]
iTetr, Armenian Keyboard App is Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Much to the delight of fans wanting to communicate in Armenian on their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, U.S-based app workshop FunCraft has released the iTetr Armenian Keyboard, available for download on iTunes for $1.99. Designed in a style reminiscent of Soviet Armenian copy books, iTetr allows users to write in Armenian for texting, tweeting [...]
Elle Turkey’s Fashion Faux Pas Stirs Controversy
Elle Turkey’s December editorial spread in which models Ana Zalewska and Karolin Machova prance through and pose in the now ruined and abandoned Armenian city of Ani has been met with criticism from Armenians angry at the use of the 5th century medieval capital whose population was slaughtered by Seljuk Turks and now has been [...]
The 105-year-old Postcard Mystery: Armenian or Not?
Calling all linguists! A user in the community weblog Metafilter has run into a possibly Armenian-related conundrum. “I just bought a postcard written in what looks like Armenian sent from what is now Lviv to what is now Chernivtsi (in what is now Ukraine), sometime between 1905 and (I’m guessing from the stamp) the end [...]
The Khachkar: The Cornerstone of Armenian Symbolism
With its intricate carvings and detailed designs, the khachkar, or cross-stone, has been an Armenian symbol for centuries. The cross-bearing rocks can be found throughout the country, erected in graveyards or engraved in church walls or standing freely outside of homes or monuments. They represent Armenia’s special history as being the first Christian nation, a [...]
Indicted Harvard Student Adam Wheeler’s Armenian Connection
Adam Wheeler, a former Harvard student was indicted Monday for falsifying information on applications for several scholarships as well as Harvard, according to the college’s newspaper, the Harvard Crimson. While Wheeler, 23, was indicted for 20 counts of larceny, identity fraud, falsifying an endorsement for approval to the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships and pretending [...]
Armenian Festival: Not Your Typical Affair
For the past nine years, Glendale, Calif. has been home to an Armenian Festival organized by the Armenian Relief Society’s (ARS) Western chapter. While it has normally been your standard Armenian affair, full of food, dance and live music – the ingredients necessary for an successful Armenian event, it looks like it has been involved [...]
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